ALL ABOUT SUPPORT. BEHIND THE STAGE, IT'S AN AWESOME ATMOSPHERE. THIS IN LADY GOING TO HEAR ABOUT HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE. SHE DOES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MUSICIAN SECOND-CLASS LAURA CARY, SHE IS IN THE NAVY. SHE WAS ASKED TO SING TONIGHT NATIONAL ANTHEM. SHE SINGS FOR LARGER CROWDS THAT THIS ONE. SHE SINGS AT THINGS LIKE BASEBALL GAMES. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ISN'T ALWAYS BROADCAST. HER PERFORMANCE WILL BLOW THE PEOPLE AWAY HERE BUT IT IS AIRING ON THE ARMED FORCES NETWORK SO IT WILL PLAY AT MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TOP SECRET THAT GOES INTO OUR COUNTRIES NATIONAL SECURITY BUT IT IS ONE OF THE NAVY'S BEST-KEPT SECRET. THE NAVY BAND SOUTHEAST STATION AT NAS JACK ONE OF THE BABIES 11 BANDS. EVEN AS A RECRUIT, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST FROM THE FLEET AND BIG NAVY A DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MUSICIANS THAT ARE FULLY DEDICATED, THAT'S ALL WE DO. WILL DON'T KNOW WE EXIST, BUT IT'S NICE TO SURPRISE PEOPLE AND SAY WE DO AND WE ARE GOOD. ONCE THEY START BEATING THE DRUM, PLAYING NOTES THERE IS NO MISTAKING THEIR EXISTENCE. WHEN LEAD VOCALIST MUSICIAN SECOND-CLASS LAURA CARY SHINES IN ITS A SHOW. I GET PAID TO DO WHAT I LOVE TO DO AND I GET THE ADDED BONUS OF SERVING MY COUNTRY. THE BAND IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR BIG WINTER CONCERT THEIR LEAD VOCALIST PREPARING FOR TONIGHT'S CEREMONIES FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. YOU REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY ATTENTION IT'S GOING TO GET, THE PLACE MIND GAMES WITH YOU. I JUST TRY TO TAKE IT, IT'S ANOTHER DAY IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN FOR SUCH A LARGE HEADLINE SUCH AS TIM McGRAW. IT IS HER FIRST COUNTRY CONCERT PERFORMANCE BUT THIS ISN'T HER FIRST RODEO. LAURA HAS TAKEN CENTER STAGE AT FLEET WEEK AT TIMES SQUARE SOME OF THE GIANTS GAME 9/11 IN THE BIG APPLE MUSICIAN SECOND-CLASS CAN NO LONGER, THE YEARS SHE HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY. SHE STARTED SINGING IN HIGH SCHOOL PROMISES SHE NEVER SINGS IN THE SHOWER AND ALWAYS DREAMED OF BREAKING INTO THE OPERA WORLD. THE MUSIC PROGRAM BROUGHT HER ONE STEP CLOSER. I WALKED INTO THE LOCAL RECRUITING STATION BY MY PARENTS HOUSE IN NEW YORK AND TOLD THEM, I SAID I WANT TO JOIN HERE, I WANT TO BE A MUSICIAN. THEY KIND OF WENT THERE IS NO SUCH THING. SINGING THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER OF THE ROAD MEN AND WOMEN IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY AND AS A MILITARY MEMBER HERSELF, THAT IS QUITE THE HONOR AND SHE IS HUMBLED TO SHARE ONE OF THE MILITARIES BEST KEPT SECRETS WITH JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT. MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M HONORING THEM AS WELL AS ALL OF THEIR COMRADES, EVERYBODY WHO FOUGHT WITH THEM AND POTENTIALLY SACRIFICED FOR THEM. YOU WOULD DEFINITELY NOT WANT TO MISS HER PERFORMANCE. IS COMING UP, RIGHT? SHE'S VERY TALENTED. SHE HAS A TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

It's certainly not one of those secrets that must be kept for our national security, but most people don't know something about our Navy and other branches of service.

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One of those relatively unknown units of our military has a unit stationed at NAS Jacksonville: The Navy Band Southeast. It's one of the Navy's 11 fleet bands.

"Even as a recruiter -- I was a recruiter up in New York -- a lot of people just from the fleet and big Navy, they don't realize there are musicians... that's all we do, said Musician 2nd Class Laura Carey, lead vocalist of the band. "People kind of don't know that we exist, but uh, it's nice to surprise people, and say, 'No we do!' And we're good."

Once the music begins, there's no mistaking their existence -- and it's quite a show.

"I get paid to sing. "I get paid to do what I love to do, and I get the added bonus of serving my country," said Carey, who will sing the National Anthem Sunday night before the veterans appreciation concert at Mayport Naval Station.

The band is gearing up for their big winter concert.. Their lead vocalist, preparing to open tonight's ceremonies with our national anthem.

"If you do realize how many people are going to be there and the coverage that its going to receive... it plays mind games with you. It makes you scared," Carey said. "So, I try to make it like its just another day, but it is very exciting to be able to open for such a large headliner such as Tim McGraw.... even though it would be better if it was Faith Hill! But, I guess her husband will be a good second."

While Sunday night marked Carey's first country concert performance (pictured, right), but this isn't her first rodeo. She has taken center stage in Times Square during Fleet Week, at New York Giants games, the Yankee's game on 9/11 and a World Series parade in the Big Apple.

It's safe to call her a seasoned vocalist now, but it took some experience to get her nerves under control.

"When I first started before my performance, I would have to go over to the wings and find myself a trash can and you know...," Carey said. "Now I... drink a lot of water and make sure I go to the bathroom."

She started singing in high school, promises she never sings in the shower, and always dreamed of breaking into the opera world -- something only few can do.

Learning of the Navy's music program brought her one step closer to her dream. She can no longer count the years she's served our country on two hands.

But in the beginning, she had to prove to some recruiters that possibility existed.

"I walked in to the local recruiting station by my parents' house in New York, and I told them: 'I want to join. Here's all my documentation. I want to be a musician.' And they kind of went, 'There's no such thing.'"

Singing the Star-Spangled Banner for the heroic men and women who keep our nation safe and free in honor of Veteran's Day as a military member herself, she says that's quite the honor.

"It means a lot to me because I feel like I'm honoring them, as well as all of their comrades -- everyone who fought with them, and, potentially, sacrificed for them."

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